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. 1998 Jan;88(1):93-6.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.88.1.93.

Smoking cessation, weight gain, and changes in cardiovascular risk factors during menopause: the Healthy Women Study

M M Burnette  1 , E Meilahn, R R Wing, L H Kuller
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Smoking cessation, weight gain, and changes in cardiovascular risk factors during menopause: the Healthy Women Study

M M Burnette et al. Am J Public Health. 1998 Jan.

Abstract

Objectives: The relationship between smoking cessation, subsequent weight gain, and cardiovascular disease risk factors from premenopause to postmenopause was studied.

Methods: Healthy Women Study participants were assessed for changes in coronary heart disease risk factors from a premenopausal baseline assessment to first- and second-year postmenopausal assessments.

Results: Although ex-smokers gained substantially more weight than nonsmokers and smokers, they did not experience a greater increase in cardiovascular risk factors. In fact, the results indicated a trend toward ex-smokers' high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels increasing slightly more than those of nonsmokers and smokers.

Conclusions: Smoking cessation in perimenopausal to postmenopausal women is associated with greater weight gain but appears to be modestly associated with certain positive changes in cardiovascular risk factors.

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